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230. Ficus brevifolia, Nuttall, 

 Sylva, ii, 3, t. 42 ; 2 ed. i, 153, t. 42. Cooper in Smithsonian Eep. 1858, 265. Chapman, FI. S. States, 415. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 22. 



Semi-tropical Florida, bay Biscayue to the southern keys (Key Largo, Pumpkin Key, Gurtiss). 



A tree sometimes 15 meters in height, with a trunk rarely exceeding 0.30 meter in diameter. 



Wood light, soft, close-grained, compact, containing few large, open, scattered ducts and many groups of 

 much smaller duct.s arranged in concentric circles ; medullary rays numerous, thin, conspicuous ; color, light brown 

 or yellow, the sap-wood lighter; specific gravity, 0.6398 ; ash, 4.36. 



231. Ficus pedunculata, Alton, 

 Hort. Kew. iii, 450; 2 ed. v, 486. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 415. Grisebach, Fl. British West Indies, 151. 

 F. complicata, Hnmboldt, Bonpland & Kunth, Nov. Gen. & Spec, ii, 48. 

 Urostigma pedunculatum, Miqnel in Hooker, London Jonr. Bot. Ti, 450. Walpers, Ann. i, 677. 



WILD FIG. INDIA-BUBBEB TEEB. 



Semi-tropical Florida, bay Biscayne to the southern keys (Key Largo, Umbrella and Boca Chica Keys, etc. 

 Gurtiss); in the West Indies. 



A tree sometimes 12 meters in height, with a trunk rarely exceeding 0.50 meter in diameter, or often shrubby 

 and much branched from the ground; rare. 



Wood light, soft, weak, close-grained, compact, containing many large, open, scattered ducts, with many groups 

 of small ducts arranged in concentric circles; medullary rays numerous, obscure; color, light orange-brown, the 

 sap-wood undistinguishable ; specific gravity, 0.4739 ; ash, 4.92. 



232. Morus rubra, Linnaeus, 



Spec. 1 ed. 986. Marshall, Arbnstum, 93. Wangenheim, Amer. 37, t. 15, f. 35. Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 241. Alton, Hort. Kew. iii, 

 343; 2ed. v,266. Moench, Meth. 343. Lamarck, Diet, iv, 377. Abbot, Insects Georgia, ii, t. 70. Micbaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 179. 

 Willdenow, Spec, iv, 369; Enum. 967; Berl. Baumz. 252. Nouveau Duhamel, iv, 91, t. 23. Porsoon, Syn. ii, .558. Desfontaines, 

 Hist. Arb. ii, 416. Michanx f. Hist. Arb. Am. iii, 232, t. 10; N. American Sylva, 3 ed. iii, 42, 1. 116. Pur8h,Fl. Am. Sept. ii, 639. 

 Eaton, Manual, 105; 6 ed. 230. Barton, Prodr. Fl. Philadelph. 89. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 209. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 155. Elliott, Sk. 

 ii, .174. Sprengel, Syst. i, 492.- Torrey, Compend. Fl. N. States, 352; Nicollet's Eep. 160; Fl.N. York, ii, 220; Emoi-y's Eep. 412. 

 Eafinesque, Med. Bot. ii, 243; New Fl. & Bot. i,43; Am. Manual Mulberry Trees, 13. Beck, Bot. 316. Dietrich, Syn. i, 551. 

 London, Arboretum, iii, 1359 & t. Seringe, Descr. & Cult, du Mftr. 223, t. 20. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 323. Spach, Hist. Veg. xi, 48. 

 Browne, Trees of America, 457. Emerson, Trees Massachusetts, 280 ; 2ed. i, 314. Darlington, F). Ce8trica,2 ed.285. Darby, Bot. 

 S. States, 503. Cooper in Smithsonian Kcp. 1858, 254. Chapman, FI. S. States, 415. Gray in Pacific E. E. Eep. xii-, 47 ; Manual 

 N. States,5 ed. 444. Curtis in Eep. Geological Surv. N. Carolina, 18li0, iii, 71. Lesquereux in Owen's 2d Eep. Arkansas, 386. 

 Wood, CI. Book, 635 ; Bot. & Fl. 300. Porcher, Eesonrces S. Forests, 305. Engelmann in Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. new ser. xii, 208. 

 Koch Dondrologie, 11, 447. Young, Bot. Texas, 494. Bureau in De CandoUe, Prodr. xvii, 245. Hayden in Warren's Eep. Nebraska 

 &Dakota,2ed. 121. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 22. Eiley in Special Eep. U.S. Dept.Ag. No. 11,34. Eidgway in Proc.U. S.Nat. 

 Mas. 1882,73. Bnrgess in Conlter'sBot. Gazette, vii, 95. 



M. Ganadenais, Lamarck, Diet, iv, 380. Seringe, Descr. & Cult, du Mftr. 224. 



M. SCabra, Willdenow, Enum. 967; Berl. Baumz. 152. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 209. Eafinesque, Am. Manual Mulberry Trees, 

 29. Hayne, Dend. FI. 154. Sprengel, Syst.i, 492. Loddiges, Cat. 1836. 



M. tomentosa, Eafinesque, Fl. Ludoviciana, 113 ; Am. Manual Mulberry Trees, 30. 



M. reticulata, M. Canadensis, M. parvifolia, and M. riparia, Eafinesque, Am. Manual Mulberry Trees, 29-31. 



M. rubra, var. Canadensis, Loudon, Arboretum, iii, 1360. 



M. Missouriensis, Audibert, Cat. Jard. Tonnelle. 



M. rubra, var. tomentosa, Bureau in De 'Candolle, Prodr. xvii, 246. 



M. rubra, var. incisa, Bureai) in De CandoUe, Prodr. xvii, 247. 



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